common knowledge

English

Noun

common knowledge (uncountable)

1. That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.
2. (logic, game theory) A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.

Related terms

• common sense

Translations

that which is known by most people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常識／常识 (zh) (chángshí), 常识 (zh) (chángshí)

• Danish: allemandsviden c, almenviden c
• Finnish: yleinen tieto
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• French: bon sens (fr) m
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: saber popular m, conocimiento general, dominio público (es)

special kind of knowledge for a group of agents

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共同知識／共同知识, 共同知识 (gòngtóng zhīshi)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: gemeenschappelijke kennis f
• Finnish: täydellinen informaatio
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• French: connaissance commune f
• German: gemeinsames Wissen n, gemeinsames Vorwissen n
• Italian: conoscenza comune f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• common knowledge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia